The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-12-01
The Methods the oldham-BeIl Factions
Have for
Sending Enemies Into Eternity With
Their Boots on.
Two COrpsss Twlned Together on the
Floor at a Ball.
The Cemetery Records Show a Total
of Thirteen Victims.

months ago, has broken out again and
two more desperate members have been
rushed hence without having. an oppor-
tunity to remove their boots. The GEM
etery record shows a total of thirteen
killed, five of whom have taken their
departure this year. Ten years ago
Logan Bell, desperate character, shot
and killed Doc Oldham at a dance in
the Oldham homestead. Both men
were among the most prominent in the
county and the excitement reached a
high pitch. The community took sides
and when Wash Covert, witness for
the prosecution, was laid low with a
charge of buckshOt, the trouble began.
Zeke Hornbrink, who was connected
with Oldham faction, was assinated on
his doorstep. Old Bell was soon after
shot from ambush and killed. Logan
Bell was sent to the penitentiary for
the killing of Doc Oldham and Bill
Fraley went up for the shooting of Co
vert. During the trial a Klu KluX
organization of which Bell
was captain, and which contained some
of the best men in the country, was ex-
posed. This band was called "Sons of
Liberty" and its ostenSible object was
to regulate" citizens. While Bell and
Fraley were in the penitentiary a
couple of men were killed on each side.
After they were released Bell was in
dicted for the assassination of Horn
brinck, and was tried last spring and
acquitted. Three weeks later he was
shot dead from ambush. Two weeks
after Captain Logan Bells death, his
brother, Jim Bell, was shot and killed
at the same spot, 'Cave in Rock. !"
These aSsassinations produced great
CONSERVATION and the friends of the
Bell faction, among whom was Earl
Sherwood and others, received orders
to emigrate, and they moved into an
adjoining county. Then Judge Hess of
the circuit court, who presided at Bells
trial, was threatened with death if he
did not leave. He armed himself and
is still here. Last Tuesday night a
dance was given at a farm house
near Battery Rock. Among those who
attended were Joe Blair, a Bell
Partisan and Joe Hugleton, a relative
of OIdham's, Bill Fraley, who removed
Covert, were also among the spectators
About two o'clock in the morning the
festivities were terminated by the re-
port of pistol and Hugleton stagger-
ed back against the wall while Blair
advanced on him with the pistol. Before
the aggressor could fire again Hugleton
sprang upon him like tiger and during
the struggle that enSued the lights
were extinguished, half a dozen of
or more shots were fired and the dance
ers rushed panic-stricken out of the
house. Ten minutes after the first
pistol shot all was quiet again and a
half dozen young men returned. They
lighted lanterns and found two corpSeS
tWined together on the floor. Hugle-
ton had been shot twice through the
body, but had succeeded in draw
ing.a knife and the result of his awful
work was seen in the twelve wounds on
Blair's body. The inquest exonorated
the others from the blame.
THE MOST CASE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.-The work of
getting jury to try Johann Most was
continued this morning, and shortly
after II O'Clock twelve men had been
secured who were satisfactory TO both
sides. The Jury was then sworn.
Assistant. District Attorney Nicol
opened the case for the people. The
language that the prosecution viii en-
deavor to prove Most as having used is
this:
LIVERY person concerned in that
tragedy, the hanging of the Chicago
anarchists, from beginning to end, is
marked for destruction. Revolution is
at hand" A voice here cried: why
not begin tonight" Again, | say,
arm yourselves for the revolution.
Our arm is the bomb, stronger than
the gatling gun or other weapon. 1t
kills fifty at once. Grinnen shall die
first. Then comes Gary, the judges of
the United States supreme court, and
let not Oglesby think he will escape
because he committed two of them"
Mr.. Nicoll told the jury the clause of
the penal code under which the in
dictment was brought, provided
hat any assembly of three or
more persons at which was threatened
any unlawful act is an unlawful as
sembly and the participants are guilty
of misdemeanOr. There would
doubtless be a great deal said about
the constitution, of free speech; but
the same constitution provided that the
abuse of free speech should be punish
ed. Mr.. Nicoll said his witnesses were
Detectives Sachs, Roth and Samuel,
Mr.. Dreyfus, reporter for the City
Press Association, all OF whom under
stood German and had made notes OF
the meeting. Colonel Fellows will sum
I'D the case for the prosecution. De-
tectiye Roth was the first witness call
ed. The witness told how he and his
brother officers were present at the
meeting in disguise. and gave a de-
tailed account of what was said and
done. John j. Sachs, another detec-
tive, corroborated Roth in full.
FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE.
CHICAGO, Nov. GAS a relic OF the
Loury Smith Omaha dry goods VEN
ture, the failure of which created such
a sensation in mercantile circles some
time ago, a deputy sheriff is watching
Judge Predergast's court in this city to
arrest Haiman Loury as soon as case
he is interested in is concluded. Daniel
K. Tenny, one of the trustees for the
creditors Of Smith, asserts that he ex-
poets to recover judgment for S13O,
600 from Loury, who took charge of
Smiths stock when the latter fled from
Omaha. Tenny fears that Loury in
tends to leave the state, and that he
has already disposed of nearly all his
property.
COUNCIL GROVE MURDER.
COUNCIL GROVE, Kas., Nov. 23.-In
the case of the killing of Calvin Cooper.
which occurred in this county in Feb
ruary, the jury brought in verdict OF
murder in the second degree against
James Turner, William Turner and
Martin Biglin.
The cases of Robertson and Haines
implicated in the same affair, will be
tried this term.
A Jury in the case of H. S. Day, fol
killing DR.. j. A. Hopkins, is now OF
trial.
NATURAL GAS EXPLOSION.
BEAVER, Pa, Nov. 23.-While ex
| amining a natural gas regulator her,
last night, Henry Camp, the Heat
Light Company's superintendent, II
| p. Brown, its secretary, and James Fl
| Cunningham, a director, were danger
cusly injured by an explosion. One o
| the men stuck a match to the gauge
unconscious of a leak. Gas had &C
cumulated in the box over the regu
lator, and it was ignited by the match
Two of the Victims are in critical cor
dition and viii probably die.
TOOK FRENCH LEAVE.
i CHICAGO, Nov. 2S.-Mrs. Cronk, az
cused of taking Miss Nina Bope (
New York City for the purpose Of Lead
ing her into shameless life, has fie
| the city. The case against her wa
stricken from the docket, States A
torney Grinnen having been tricke
into the belief that the Bope famil
did not wish to prosecute. On lear
: ing different the case was redOckete.
| INIT in the meantime Mrs Cront< n